Flier for twisting silk



(No Model.)

H. LIAUTIER.

FLIER FOR TWISTING SILK.

No. 291,140. Patented Apr. 22, 1884.

N nmis Phmum w, Washington. ac.

UNTTED STATES PATENT @EETQE.

HIPPOLYTE LIAUTIER, OF SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

FLIER FOR TWISTING SILK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 297,140, dated April 22, 1884.

Application filed Septvmber T, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HIPPOLYTE LIAUTIER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Scranton, in the county of Lackawanna and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fliers for Twisting Silk,of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to fliers for twisting silk; and it consists in the combination of the flier-block and balance-disk, the upper portion of the block being made to project having a recess in its edge, the wire arms,

pins, and the shank having an eye for one of the arms to pass through, as will be more fully described hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a'side elevation of a spindle having 9. bobbin thereon, and a flier embodying my invention as applied thereto, and a receiving-bobbin. Fig. 2 is a detailed top plan view of the flier. Fig. 3 is a detailed central vertical sectional view of the same.

A represents an ordinary spinning-spindle; B, the bobbin which is placed thereon, containing the strands of silk to be twisted; G, the flier-block, and D the bobbin upon which the twisted silk is to be wound.

Where organzine is made by the ordinary devices employed, the spindle is run at the rate of from five thousand to siX thousand revolutions per minute,and any increase ofthe velocity of the spindle beyond that rate causes the silk threads to break, owing to the tension of the flier thereon. A great desideratum has been to obtain a flier that is capable of being run at a higher rate of speed without breaking the silk; and this is the object of my invention.

The construction of my flier is as .follows: To the flier-block O, I apply a disk or balance, E, which disk may be made of any suitable material. A very light one is the most desirable, as any material addition to the weight breaking the silk.

of the flier would increase its friction, and probably cause the threads of silk to break. In the fliers that I have constructed on this principle I have used papier-mach or paste board, either of which serves very well.

Instead of forming the balance disk and flier-block separately, as hereinbefore stated, they may be formed integrally,if sopreferred. By the use of this balancedisk a steady and regular motion is imparted to the flier, and

consequently an increased speed may be given to the spindle without the danger of breaking the silk.

F represents a wire, which is bent around the flier into a groove, G, formed therein, and secured in place by the pins l, or by any other suitable means. The outer ends of the wire are bent to form the arms F F and terminate A portion of the disk is cut away, as at E to allow of the passage of the downwardly extending arm F. "When the flier is rotated at a very high rate of speed, the downwardly-extending arm F has a tendency to move outward, owing to its elasticity, and to the centrifugal force exerted upon it, and this outward motion of the arm results in To overcome this defect I provide an eye, K, through which the arm F passes. The eye is secured to the disk by means of the shank L with which it is provided. This device prevents the arm from moving outward, as will be readily understood.

The operation of my invention is as follows: The two strands of silk that are wound upon the bobbin D are passed through the eye F of the flier, then up through the eye F They are twisted by the rotation of the flier, and are wound upon the horizontally rotating receiving-bobbin D.

A flier thus constructed admits of an increase of speed of the machinery over any other now in use, produces a better article of silk at a reduction of the cost thereof, and is adapted to be used in the manufacture of silk of the very finest quality.

Having thus described my invention, I claim l. The combination of the flier-block, the

balance-disk, and the arms F F", the upper In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HIPPOLYTE LIAUTIER.

WVitn esses:

H. RENARD,

eye K, substantially as shown and described. J. D. CLARK. 

